Council of Three Fires

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Native American political alliance military alliance tribal confederacy

The Council of Three Fires was a long-standing political and military alliance of the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples that played a major role in the history of the Great Lakes region.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
People of the Three Fires	1
Three Fires Confederacy	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American political alliance ⓘ military alliance ⓘ tribal confederacy ⓘ
alternativeName	Council of Three Fires ⓘ surface form: People of the Three Fires Council of Three Fires ⓘ surface form: Three Fires Confederacy
associatedPeople	Odawa ⓘ Ojibwe ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ
composedOf	Anishinabek ⓘ surface form: Anishinaabe-speaking peoples
culturalContext	Anishinabek ⓘ surface form: Anishinaabe peoples
culturalRole	coordinated intertribal ceremonies and councils ⓘ maintained shared Anishinaabe identity ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Anishinabek ⓘ surface form: Anishinaabe
hasMember	Odawa ⓘ Ojibwe ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ
hasRole	diplomatic alliance ⓘ military alliance ⓘ political alliance ⓘ trade alliance ⓘ
historicalPeriod	colonial era in North America ⓘ early United States period ⓘ pre-colonial era ⓘ
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Lakes region ⓘ Midwest (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ Great Lakes ⓘ surface form: Upper Great Lakes
militaryRole	coordinated defense of member nations ⓘ organized joint war parties ⓘ
politicalRole	negotiated treaties collectively in some cases ⓘ
politicalStructure	council of allied tribes ⓘ
regionOfInfluence	Lake Huron ⓘ surface form: Lake Huron basin Lake Michigan basin ⓘ Lake Superior Basin ⓘ surface form: Lake Superior basin present-day Illinois ⓘ present-day Indiana ⓘ present-day Michigan ⓘ present-day Ontario ⓘ present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
significance	important in relations with British colonial authorities ⓘ important in relations with French colonial authorities ⓘ important in relations with early United States government ⓘ key actor in Great Lakes fur trade politics ⓘ major Indigenous power in the Great Lakes region ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	areas around Green Bay ⓘ areas around Straits of Mackinac ⓘ southern shores of Lake Superior ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Council of Three Fires → alternativeName → Council of Three Fires ⓘ

this entity surface form: Three Fires Confederacy

Council of Three Fires → alternativeName → Council of Three Fires ⓘ

this entity surface form: People of the Three Fires

Bodéwadmi → memberOf → Council of Three Fires ⓘ

Odawa → memberOf → Council of Three Fires ⓘ

Potawatomi → partOf → Council of Three Fires ⓘ